I started skating in England in 1995 after much persuation from my older brother. He had bought aggressive skates mail order from the usa and talked me into getting a pair of Baur Recreational skates. We skated round our village and jumped stairs and waxed up curbs to grind on. There were 4 of us in the village who skated together and a few months down the track we ventured down to Southsea skatepark. My first experience on a ramp was getting to the top then wondering how to get down. There was a line of people waiting for their turn so I just had to go down it. I fell straight on my bum so knew next time I had to lean forwards!
Before taking up skating I had danced since I was 3! I used to have lessons every day after school and did shows and pantomimes every year. As much as I loved to dance, the freedom of skating and having no restrictions took over. I could skate when and wherever I wanted and could learn what ever I wanted. The more I got into it, the less time I had for dancing and eventually gave it up to be able to travel with my skating. 
Jenny Logue Kindgrind
A year later I found out there was to be a Female section for the first time ever in the British Championships. My bro and our skate crew were all entering it and I was planning on going to spectate. I had never skated with any girls before and had only seen girls on skate videos in the USA so had no idea what the standard would be like in the UK. The boys persuaded me to enter and I ended up taking first place. It was from there everything took off for me. I think I was at an advantage from having only skated with guys up until then so I always would learn whatever they did. Where as most of the girls who skated would only strive to be as good as the next girl.
I gained sponsorship from a clothing company and Oxygen skates that paid for me to travel to the USA to compete in the X-Trials. It was really exciting to go and skate with all the pro skaters I had been watching on skate videos. I won the trials which qualified me for Xgames that summer in SanDiego. I spent the rest of my school years juggling skating and study. My school and college let me take any time off I needed as long as I made up the work.
Jenny Logue Shifty
In 2001 I came to Australia for a holiday and knew straight away I would have to come back again for longer as there was so much to see and do over here.
I spent the summer of 2002 and 03 at Camp Woodward in Pennsylvannia. Woodward is the largest action sports camp in the world catering for Inline, BmX, Skateboarding and Gymnastics. Being able to skate every day on such amazing ramps really helped my skating. I also spent my time here helping with the Inline program, teaching kids to skate. I did as much as I could for those 2 years in competition, taking part in every stop on the pro tour and qualifying for Xgames and World Finals. I got 2nd place at Xgames in Los Angeles and used the prize money to fund my trip back to Australia.
In 2004 I traveled round Australia, working, backpacking and skating. I had only planned to spend one year here then spend a year in new Zealand. But i just couldn’t leave as I loved Oz too much! So I traveled around NZ for 3 months then sorted out a Sports Visa so that I was able to stay for another year and work in Australia.
It’s thanks to Neil and Andrea that I was able to stay as they offered me a job here working in the shop, and coaching skating. They helped with all the paperwork and it has been a really rewarding year for me. Living here in Australia is great and being able to work within an industry I have been involved in for so many years. I teach kids to skate 4 times a week and its so rewarding seeing their progression of skating.
My plans from here are to apply to re new my visa and hopefully one day be able to live here permanently. As far as skating goes I would love to continue working here at Bayside and skate as much as possible. There are a few comps coming up such as X-air in New Zealand and the Australian titles which I will be going in.
There aren’t as many skating events over here as there are in Europe and the US but it’s an easy sacrifice to make to able to have such a relaxed way of life and be surrounded by such chilled out people! I found that back home people would come home from work and just sit inside or go to a pub. Over here I can skate after work, go out to the beach or go to a bbq. Its way more social and everything is so much more geared to the outdoors which suits me fine!
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